FALLUJAH, Iraq - News of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s death trickled in to the U.S. Marines camp outside this battle-scarred city Thursday bringing the troops a vague sense of satisfaction.

Some Marines scoffed at the appearance of the Jordanian-born terrorist in a video released in April and they suggested the leader’s demise was the product of his own vanity when he showed his face to the world.

The footage portrayed al-Zarqawi as an insurgent commander looking over maps and swaggering through the desert with a heavy machine gun. But outtakes released later showed that he needed assistance firing the weapon.

Quite a guy, that Zarqawi fellow was, huh?

[Full Army Times article here.]

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